Feminism.. .

Since I have started this class I have been asking my boyfriend his views on Feminism. Once the class got to talking I noticed there are not only very different views among women but there are absolutely differences of opinion when it comes to men and women. When I asked my boyfriend did he know what feminism was, he gave me a puzzling look. He had no clue where I was going with that question. I explained to him I was taking a Women’s Studies class and our past class meetings have focused on our take on feminism. After he had an understanding of the question I began asking him some of the questions we had to answer one Wednesday. I quickly learned that he was an example of what I may refer to as a “somewhat of a feminist”. During the conversation I realized that some of the views we had were very different. I was not at all disturbed by the disagreement. I found it interesting to find out that he never really understood the term feminism. I, myself am not totally certain on what the term truly means. Everyone seems to have their own standpoint of the word.  I think with any type of “ism” there will always be controversy simply because no two people think alike or perceive information the same. Take into account the famous “telephone game”. Where you sit in a circle, one person says a statement, it is then passed from person to person and finally the last person states what they heard. Most times when this game is played the initial statement does not make it to the end. Therefore I feel that information is always altered. Feminism to me is the movement of bringing people together and joining forces that there is not a sense of superiority.